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Video Highlights of our Saturday Seminars in the Greenhouse
ROSE PRUNING WITH CORYOur very own resident garden expert, Cory, explains the in and outs of the care, feeding and pruning of roses.
She's been featured in Sunset Magazine and the L.A. Times because of her extensive knowledge.
We also have her Rose Pruning Guide available for download on our "Guides & Posters" page
HEALTHY SOILS = HEALTHY PLANTS & PLANETJack Engberg from Gro-Power hosted a great seminar on soil types of the Central Coast and how make them healthy through the use of natural, organic soil amendments.
CREATE YOUR OWN BACKYARD ORCHARDTom Spellman of Dave Wilson Nursery gave a spellbinding presentation on the feeding and pruning of fruit trees PLUS how to utilize your space in unique ways.
We only wish we had the space for the entire 90 minute seminar on video!
WATER WISE GARDENINGMike Craib of Suncrest Nursery's gave a great presentation on conserving our most precious resource; water.
He covered everything from soil amendments to drought tolerant plants and intelligent landscape design.
THE PROTEA PRO!Chris Chaney, the Protea Pro, of Mesa Ranch Nursery, stuns the audience with his remarkable specimens of Proteacea. Native to South Africa and Australia, they grow great in our Central Coast sandy soils and are drought tolerant!
DECORATE YOUR DOORSTEP
Our guest speaker, Nina Broderick of Do Right's Plant Growers, guides our audience through designing colorful, low maintenance container gardening for year 'round color.
You'll learn about her rule of (green) thumb,
"The Three L's:" Thrill, Fill and Spill.
You'll learn about her rule of (green) thumb,
"The Three L's:" Thrill, Fill and Spill.
LEARNING ABOUT LAVENDEROur guest speaker on this Saturday morning is one of the leading lavender experts, Janice Silva of Green Acres Lavender Farm in Atascadero. Janice talked about how to cultivate lavender, the types of lavender and many of it's surprising uses; from mosquito repelling to iced tea to anti-septic.